School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)
- Location:
- Burnfort, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 267
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- If you hear the cuckoo with your right ear for the first time in the year it is a sign of good luck. But if you hear the bird with your left ear it is a sign of bad luck.
If a fowler were going out shooting and if he met a black rabbit it is said he would have no luck for the day.
A black cat is an omen of good luck.
You should always make a hole in the bottom of your eggshell so that the witches cannot sail out and wreck the ships.
It is said that if you sit at the corner of a table you will not be married for seven years.
If you meet one magpie it is a sign of bad luck.
If you meet a foxy woman it is also a sign of bad luck.
If you find eggs when digging potatoes, it is also supposed to be a sign of bad luck.
If you are going astray and if you turn your cap or coat inside out it is said that you will come right.
- Collector
- Gretta Curtin
- Gender
- Female
